Fighting Weight: Your 10-Point Tough Mudder Battle Plan

Everyone from your meathead friend to your schlubby boss is signing up for Tough Mudder, a military-style obstacle course popping up around the globe that'll have you trembling in your ruined cross trainers. Michael Allin, the fittest man at GQ headquarters and recent Tough Mudder conqueror, coaches you on how to make it through that final obstacle alive

9. Help Your Fellow Mudder
One of the most rewarding things about Tough Mudder is helping the people around you. Not everyone is tall and not everyone can lift their own bodyweight. Whether it is giving words of encouragement or letting someone use your hand as a foothold in a human chain, it's all appreciated.